Santa, Nutcracker, Holiday Party, oh my.

Another enjoyable and busy week in Chicago.  On Tuesday night, Jeritt and I went to Ella's first grade showcase.  It was really nice.  They began the night with a musical about different cultures and ended with food from different regions.  In the middle, we looked at Ella's collage on her heritage and made a family tree. On Thursday, we make a trek back to Ella's school for the annual holiday fair and then on Saturday morning, we visited with Santa!  All three kids did great.  On Saturday night, Jeritt and I hosted the 10th Annual Bushaw Holiday Party.   On Sunday, Ella and I attended the Nutcracker Ballet.  It was amazing.

Setting the table for dinner.  

Enjoying an evening snowfall

One of Jack's many towers. 

An awesome lego structure of Chicago buildings. 

Short nap in the car. 

Ella's First Grade Showcase.  

Ella made a flag of Norway. 

Making a family tree. 

While we are gone, Jack and Maeve get to play with Abbie and Eric. 

Ella is playing a game at the annual Hawthorne Holiday Fair. 

Waiting to meet Santa!

Maeve has a habit of chewing her food for a very long time. 

 

Volunteering at another Honeycomb project. 

Enjoying a glass (or two, or three) at our annual Holiday party. 

Selfie in the Uber on our way to see the Nutcracker. 

A little Nutcrakcerballet at home. 

An oldie but a goodie. 

Early last week the kids and I took advantage of one of the last warm days. We checked out the Christkindlemarket at Wrigley Field. It was so warm that the ice rink looked more like a pool!

I made the mistake of letting Maeve sit in the driver's seat recently. She now tries to "drive" every time we're in the car.

Jack received lots of cool train accessories for his birthday. This is his excited face.

Maeve has been waking up extra early since she gave up her pacifier. Therefore, she's exhausted during our morning errands. On this day, she tried to take a nap while shopping.

The next day she zonked while sitting upright in the cart.

I know she looks passed out, but it has nothing to do with the wine bottles in the background!

The kids woke up so excited to see snow on Saturday morning.

Nothing like the taste of the first snow!

On Saturday we celebrated Jace's 4th birthday at The Little Gym!

Maeve is a big fan of this place.

Maeve and Finley having fun together.

Cake time!

Jack attended another birthday party on Sunday, and was pumped to climb the rock wall.

On Sunday afternoon, we attended Ella and Jeritt's first piano recital. They've both been working so hard, and they did an amazing job!

So proud of her!

Ella's teacher, Ms. Margaret, helping her get settled. 

Jack didn't enjoy the recital as much as the rest of us...

Jeritt impressed everyone!

Playing picnic.

DJ Maeve.

Ella helping Jack write his letters.